Re: What happens when the -t option is different from the file extension after -o

["'William Lupton' via pandoc-discuss" <pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org>]

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Thanks. The one thing that confuses me is that you mentioned that the ToC
in the HTML includes things like this:

<li><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a>

This looks good (and is what I'd expect), but in your original message you
mentioned this:

<mypag.html#theSection>

Are you getting _both_ of these?

On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 at 09:23, George Emad <engr.georgeemad-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Hello William,
> Thanks you for your reply,
>
> I can't share the whole output as it includes the whole document, but
> using the verbose option it proved my theory,
> that it do print the html file after generating it, thanks for the tip.
>
> no obvious error messages and the here is the command passed to
> wkhtmltopdf
> ``` wkhtmltopdf "--margin-bottom" "1.2in" "--margin-top" "1.25in"
> "--margin-right" "1.25in" "--margin-left" "1.25in"
> "--enable-local-file-access" "./html2pdf1272404-0.html"
> "./html2pdf1272404-1.pdf"
> then the TOC in the html is like so
>  ```
> <nav id="TOC" role="doc-toc">
> <ul>
> <li><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a>
> <ul>
> .
> .
> .
> </ul></li>
> </ul>
> </nav>
> ```
>
> then the reset of the pdf and the last couple of lines are
>
> ```
> Loading page (1/2)
> Printing pages (2/2)
> Done
> ```
>
> I am not sure if that enough for analysis, but I will also try to analyze
> it later, will go with weasyprint for now.
>
> Regards,
> George
> On Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 3:29:41 PM UTC+2 William Lupton wrote:
>
>> George,
>>
>> If you set pandoc's --verbose flag then you get a lot of detailed output,
>> including the wkhtmltopdf command line and the generated HTML (that is
>> passed to wkhtmltopdf).
>>
>> If you'd be happy to share any or all of this output (or send it to me
>> directly), I'd be happy to take a look and see whether anything obvious is
>> going on.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> William
>>
>> On Wed, 29 Mar 2023 at 13:17, Albert Krewinkel <albert...-9EawChwDxG8hFhg+JK9F0w@public.gmane.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi George,
>>>
>>> George Emad <engr.ge...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
>>>
>>> > 1) Is this a normal use case when I use different file extension than
>>> > the format after -t ?
>>>
>>> Absolutely. Pandoc supports multiple PDF engines, and both the `-t` and
>>> `--pdf-engine` parameters are taken into account when deciding which
>>> format and which engine should be used. If the `--pdf-engine` parameter
>>> is given, then pandoc uses that engine together with the appropriate
>>> output format; if `-t`/`--to` is given then a engine is picket.
>>>
>>> Here's the list of formats and suitable engines:
>>>
>>>   - latex: pdflatex, lualatex, xelatex, latexmk, tectonic
>>>   - html: wkhtmltopdf, weasyprint, pagedjs, prince
>>>   - context: context
>>>   - ms: pdfroff
>>>   - typst: typst
>>>
>>> The first engine for each format is the default engine. So by using `-t`
>>> you triggered PDF generation through wkhtmltopdf, which, it appears, is
>>> installed on your system.
>>>
>>> > 2) How can I fix this bug with the TOC ?
>>>
>>> My recommendation would be to try one of the alternative engines. If
>>> that doesn't work, please file a bug report in the issue tracker at
>>> https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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